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TheSangita-RatnakaraofSharngadeva(1210–1247) is one of the most important musicological texts from India, which bothHindustani musicandCarnatic musicregard as a definitive text.

The text is also known asSaptadhyayias it is divided into seven chapters. The first six chapters,Svaragatadhyaya,Ragavivekadhyaya,Prakirnakadhyaya,Prabandhadhyaya,TaladhyayaandVadyadhyayadeal with the various aspects of music and musical instruments while the last chapter Nartanadhyayadeals with dance.

The significant commentaries on the text include the Sangitasudhakaraof Simhabhupala (c.1330) and the Kalanidhiof Kallinatha (c.1430).

This work was written by Śārńgadēva in the end of thirteenth century. The author was attached to the court of Yādava King Singhaņa, whose capital was Devagiri ( the present Daulatabad, in the South Maharashtra).



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